Target.



J. F. NEUMANN.

TARGET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-4.19m- RENEWED mzc. 7. 1915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

61cm new:

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c

JOHN F.

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TARGET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 191-6.

Application filed September 4, 1913, Serial No. 788,138. Renewed De'cemoer'7, 191'5. Serial No. 65,637.

To all whom it may concern Be it know-nothat I, JOHN FRANK NEU- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anamosa, in the county of Jones, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Targets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in targets adapted to be placed in shooting galleries, or elsewhere, for practice in the shooting of rifles, revolvers and other weapons.

In carrying out my invention I propose to provide a target having a series of objects, each of which is adapted when in a certain position, to'form a mark to be shot at, the impact of the bullet against such selected mark causing the target to turn to bring another of the marks or objects into position to be shot at by the person handling the weapon.

Still a further object of my invention is the provision of a rotatable target adapted to have the marks or objects brought one at a time into position to be shot at, means being employed for stopping and holding the target when the mark is in such selected position.

Still a further object of my invention is the provision of a target which will embody in its construction the desired features of simplicity and durability, and which may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in View, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of my improved target. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken vertically therethrough on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4.- is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4- of Fig. 2.

In connection with the target a suitable backing of sheet iron or other suitable material indicated at A. may be employed, this be understood backing being adapted to have the bullets impinged the same after they have struck or passed the target.

. Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the numerals 11 indicate a pair of supports, which in the present instance are in the nature of A-shaped l'egs suitably spaced apart, although it is to that the support for the target proper may be of any preferred form. Journaled in the top portions or apices of these legs is the target shaft 2, carrying *a disk or wheel 3. This disk, which is thus rev-oluhly mounted has radiating therefrom a series of arms 4, there being preferably four :of these arms, each arm being arranged :at an :angle of ninety degrees relative to the adjacent arms. At its free end each arm Cfl I'II'BS an object '5 "which constitutes the mark to be shot at, and this object may be of any suitableforni, such as a ball, a disk, the representation of an animal or a bird, or the like.

In the use of the invention the object which is uppermost on the target is adapted to be shot at by, the person, and when this object is struck by the bullet, the impact of the latter against the object causes the wheel to turn so as to bring the next object or mark into position, as will be readily understood. In order to hold each object in proper position to constitute the selected mark, I provide means by which the wheel is stopped every quarter revolution, in the present instance such means including a disk 6 arranged at one side of the disk or wheel 3, and disposed concentrically therewith, this stopping disk 6 having concaved notches 7 formed in the peripherey thereof, each one of the notches being in line with one of the arms 4. Fastened to one of the legs 1 is a spring pawl 8 having a head 9 which is adapted to engage with the adjacent notch to stop the rotation of the disk. It will be seen that when the pawl is in the adjacent notch, the disk 6, and consequently the wheel 3 will be held against rotation, but when the bullet strikes the target the sudden impact will cause the wheel to start and force the head of the pawl out of the notch, the

. pawl then bearing against the periphery of the disk 6 until the next notch is reached when it will drop into such notch and stop the wheel with the proper mark in position to be shot at by the person handling the weapon.

It is to be noted that the notches 7 are concaved sufliciently for the reception of the holding pawl and that it is the initial or sudden jar given the target by the impact of the bullet which causes the disk to start its rotation and consequently results in the pawl leaving the notch which it occupies at the time the target is struck. As the pawl rides over and bears against the periphery ,of the disk 6 a frictional braking action results between the pawl and. disk so that when the next concaved notch is reached the disk is not revolving with sufficient speed to carry the pawl past such notch so that the pawl will catch in the notch and hold the target ready for the next shot. 7

It will be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple, yet compact and convenient form of target which is designed especially for shooting galleries where pistols, or rifles of small caliber are employed. 7

While I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: I 1. In a target, the combination with a front leg and a rear leg constituting a support, a shaft journaled in said legs, a revolving wheel mounted upon the shaft, a series of arms radiating from the wheel, a disk located at the back of the wheel, a series of notches being formed in the periphery of the disk, a spring pawl fastened to the rear leg and adapted to catch at its free end in said notches, and an object constituting the shooting mark carried at the free end of each arm. r

2. In a target, the combination with a support, of a revolving wheel carried thereby, a series of arms radiating from the wheel, an object constituting a mark to be shot at carried at the free end of each arm, adisk arranged concentric with and at the JOHN F. NEUMANN. Nitnesses: V

W. A. HoGAN, V. H.MCGREEVY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. V

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